Friday the 13th: The Game is an asymmetrical survival horror multiplayer game, in which seven Camp Crystal Lake counselors attempt to escape or defeat Jason Voorhees. Friday the 13th: The Game has a lot of fan service in its gameplay, but there is even more content that the game's developers were unable to share with fans.
Friday the 13th: The Game's development was cancelled due to licensing issues concerning who owned the rights to the franchise. However, news has resurfaced about the development for a game mode in Friday the 13th: The Game that was teased, but abandoned due to its cancellation. Wes Keltner, Gun Media CEO and a developer on the multiplayer game, said the mode would have been comparable to another recent fan-favorite title.
According to Eurogamer, Friday the 13th: The Game was meant to receive a social deduction mode titled Paranoia, which Keltner describes as being "similar to Among Us." Paranoia would have seen each player enter a match as a counselor with nobody selected as Jason. Within the match, players would be able to find the iconic mask from Friday The 13th Part 5: A New Beginning (1985). Whomever finds the mask would then be able to "change back and forth" between Jason and a regular counselor. If they die as a counselor, the mask would then be available for another counselor to retrieve, and the process would continue.
Among Us fans may already acknowledge the similarity that Friday the 13th: The Game's Paranoia mode would have to Among Us' gameplay. The copycat Jason would become akin to an Impostor, tasked with hiding their identity from other players while discreetly picking them off. It would be interesting to see these gameplay changes in-game, such as how quickly players could switch from being a counselor to Jason.
Among Us has voice chat sessions that may be triggered for each player to discuss who is or is not the Impostor. Perhaps Friday the 13th: The Game would have implemented a similar mechanic, where counselors could contact each other without compromising themselves. Keltner reveals that new changes to counselors' escape methods would have also been integrated to accommodate for the changes in Paranoia.
Fans may not be able to experience Friday the 13th: The Game's Paranoia mode, but dedicated fans can organize private matches if they wish to play the content from Friday the 13th: The Game that was available before development was cancelled. However, people will just have to imagine the social deduction features that Paranoia would have brought to Friday the 13th: The Game.
Friday the 13th: The Game is available now on PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
Source: Eurogamer